The Garden of Mao

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Rule 1: The garden must contain at least 1 mutation and at least 3 plants
Hints: The types of plants matter, x=25, easy
Created by cursedsliver
Solved on 9 Apr by fififoop

Rule 2: The garden must contain a distinct sad face consisting of at least 6 plants
Hints: The types of plants do not matter, x=12, hard
Created by fififoop
Solved on 10 Apr by zzz

Rule 3: The garden must contain at least one diagonal line consisting of at least 2 Fool's Boletes
Hints: Only one type of plant matters, x=25, easy
Created by fififoop
Solved on 11 Apr by charlie303303

Rule 4: The garden must contain exactly one solution
Hints: The types of plants matter, x=25, easy
Created by charlie303303
Solved on 11 Apr by trufflz

Rule 5: The garden must share at least 1 mutation from the previous garden
Hints: Garden hints given always use the least plants possible excluding meddleweed mutations (natural or self spread), x=12, hard
Created by trufflz
Solved on 13 Apr by charlie303303

Rule 6: The garden must contain a prime number of orthogonally connected regions of empty tiles
Hints: The types of plants do not matter, x=12, hard
Created by charlie303303
Solved on 14 Apr by yeastus

Rule 7: Every third garden follows the rule
Hints: The types of plants do not matter, x=26, easy
Created by yeastus
Solved on 14 Apr by rein

Rule 8: The garden must contain the same number of unique plants and unique mutations
Hints: There are 2 different variables relevant to the rule, x=25, medium
Created by rein
Solved on 14 Apr by yeastus

Rule 9: At least one plant in the garden must also be present as a mutation
Hints: The types of plants matter, x=25, medium
Created by yeastus
Solved on 14 Apr by 417

Rule 10: The garden must contain no more than 1 plant in each row and column
Hints: The types of plants do not matter, x=25, medium
Created by 417
Solved on Apr 15 by helloperson

Rule 11: The sum of the amount of mutations in each tile is greater than or equal to the number of tiles
Hints: There are 2 different variables relevant to the rule, x=25, hard
Created by helloperson
Solved on Apr 20 by lookas

Rule 12: There must be 3 consecutive plants in game order present as mutations
Hints: The garden must contain at least some mutations, x=25, medium
Created by lookas
Solved on Apr 20 by charlie303303

Rule 13: Any plants in the garden must be placed in game order
Hints: Mutations do not matter, x=25, medium
Created by charlie303303
Solved on Apr 20 by cursedsliver

Rule 14: The garden must contain less empty tiles than the previous garden
Hints: The rule is based on the previous garden posted, x=6, easy
Created by cursedsliver
Solved on Apr 20 by charlie303303

Rule 15: The garden must contain a paradox
Hints: The types of plants matter, x=12, hard
Created by charlie303303
Solved on Apr 20 by helloperson

Rule 16: The garden must contain a null tile
Hints: The types of plants do not matter, x=12, easy
Created by helloperson
Solved on Apr 21 by rein

Rule 17: Every third garden must contain a null tile
Hints: The types of plants do not matter, x=11, medium
Created by rein
Solved on Apr 23 by helloperson

Rule 18: Every other garden must contain a null tile
Hints: The types of plants do not matter, x=12, medium
Created by helloperson
Solved on Apr 25 by cursedsliver

Rule 19: The garden must contain at least 1 mutation after all plants are shifted one to the right in game order
Hints: The types of plants matter, x=12, medium
Created by cursedsliver
Solved on Apr 25 by charlie303303

Rule 20: The sum of unique mutations in the garden and the previous two gardens must be prime
Hints: Previous gardens affect the rule, x=6, hard
Created by charlie303303
Solved on Apr 28 by 417

Rule 21: The number of empty tiles and unique mutations must both be prime
Hints: The rule only depends on the given garden, x=12, medium
Created by 417
Solved on Apr 28 by charlie303303

Rule 22: All empty tiles must be able to be full in 1 tick
Hints: The rule only depends on the given garden, x=12, medium
Created by charlie303303
Solved on Apr 28 by helloperson

Rule 23: The maximum number of empty tiles filled on the next tick must be prime
Hints: The rule only depends on the given garden and types of plants matter, x=12, hard
Created by helloperson
Solved on Apr 28 by charlie303303

Rule 24: The number of unique mutations must be equal to the number of consecutive previous gardens to follow the rule
Hints: Previous gardens affect the rule, x=12, medium
Created by charlie303303
Solved on May 1 by helloperson

Rule 25: The garden must contain a line of symmetry
Hints: The rule only depends on the given garden, x=12, medium
Created by helloperson
Solved on May 2 by charlie303303

Rule 26: The number of non unique plants must be equal to the number of unique mutations in the previous garden
Hints: Previous gardens affect the rule, x=12, medium
Created by charlie303303
Solved on May 6 by helloperson

Rule 27: The garden must not have been posted before since the rule started
Hints: Previous gardens affect the rule, x=12, medium
Created by helloperson
Solved on May 6 by nyan cat

Rule 28: The garden must have rotational symmetry of exactly 2
Hints: The rule only depends on the given garden, x=15, medium
Created by nyan cat
Solved on May 6 by helloperson

Rule 29: The number of non unique plants must be equal to the number of rows in the garden
Hints: There are 2 different variables relevant to the rule, x=12, medium
Created by helloperson
Solved on May 6 by charlie303303

Rule 30: The garden must contain at least two unique plants that share a first letter
Hints: The rule only depends on the given garden, x=12, medium
Created by charlie303303
Solved on May 7 by cursedsliver

Rule 31: Every tile must contain an even number of mutations
Hints: The rule involves only vanilla mutations, x=12, medium
Created by cursedsliver
Solved on May 7 by charlie303303

Rule 32: Every plant is shifted to the right by the total amount of unique mutations pre shift, then the total amount of unique mutations post shift must be even
Hints: Mutations from shifted plants affect the rule, x=12, hard
Created by charlie303303
Solved on May 11 by cursedsliver

Rule 33: All plants within each row of the garden are ordered alphabetically
Hints: Mutations do not affect the rule; x=12, medium
Created by 417
Solved on May 11 by nyan cat

Rule 34: The garden must contain exactly 3 unique plants
Hints: The types of plants matter, x=25, medium
Created by nyan cat
Solved on May 12 by charlie303303

Rule 35: The garden must follow the nth Garden of Mao rule where n is the number of unique mutations, if n is outside of the range 1-34 it breaks the rule
Hints: Number of unique mutations affect the rule, x=6, hard
Created by charlie303303
Solved on Nov 28 by helloperson

Rule 36: The garden must contain a plant with green on it
Hints: The rule only looks at one thing, x=25, easy
Created by helloperson
Solved on Nov 28 by elag

Rule 37: The top half of the garden (including middle row) must contain at least 1 mutation after being quarantined
Hints: Position matters, x=12, medium
Created by elag
Solved on Dec 2 by helloperson

Rule 38: The garden must contain a prime number of plants with green on them
Hints: Position does not matter, x=25,  medium
Created by helloperson
Solved on Dec 2 by elag

Rule 39: The garden must contain less green plants than the number of unique mutations
Hints: Mutations matter, x=25, medium
Created by elag
Solved on Dec 2 by charlie303303

Rule 40: The garden must contain less than 2 connected regions of adjacent tiles of every type of tile (empty, filled, null, etc)
Hints: Position matters, x=12, medium
Created by charlie303303
Solved on Dec 2 by helloperson

Rule 41: The garden must be able to mutat a plant that contains green
Hints: mutations matter, x=25, medium
Created by helloperson
Solved on Dec 3 by elag



Rule 42: Currently in Progress
Hints: Plant types matter, x=25, medium
Created by elag
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